Dr. Mahmoud Jeidani

English for Academic Purposes (EAP) Tutor

Centre for English Language Education

PhD in Applied Linguistics

MA in English Language Studies and Methods

Associate Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (ASFHEA)

Before joining UNNC, I had taught EAP/ESP at the Chinese University of Hong Kong, and EAP at a number of UK universities such as Southampton, Warwick, and Coventry. My passion has always been to empower students by enabling them to understand and practice EAP, and relate these skills to current and future employability.

I am particularly interested in the relationship between English Prosody and intelligibility, specifically the pedagogical applications of Discourse Intonation to academic listening and speaking skills. I am also interested in examining EAP teachers’ perceptions of intonation and its place in the classroom.

Jeidani, M. (2014). Discoruse intonation and teacher cognition. Sino-US English Teaching, 11 (10), 746-754.

Jeidani, M. (2024). An Investigation Into PSE Tutors' Perception and Practice of Intonation Teaching. In Developments and Future Trends in Transnational Higher Education Leadership (pp. 170-190). IGI Global.

Morris, G. R., Allardice, P., Jeidani, M., Newbould, S., Errington, L., & Zhang, W. (2025). Staff Development Needs in TNHE and the Importance of Targeted Tailored Training and CPD. In Innovative Approaches to Staff Development in Transnational Higher Education (pp. 27-52). IGI Global Scientific Publishing.

Allardice, P. J., Ezeh, C., Jeidani, M., Zhang, W., & Shen, J. (2025). Intercultural Encounters: Staff Development in Transnational Higher Education. In Innovative Approaches to Staff Development in Transnational Higher Education (pp. 53-86). IGI Global Scientific Publishing.

Jeidani, M. (2013). Teacher cognition and discourse intonation [Paper presentation]. Classroom-Oriented Research: Reconciling Theory and Practice Conference, Konin, Poland.

Jeidani, M. (2016). Teaching of discourse intonation: How teachers can teach intonation [Conference paper]. University of Warwick, Coventry, United Kingdom.

Jeidani, M., & Abulaiti, C. (2024, December). Teaching reflection: Insights from first year students’ writing [Poster presentation]. EAC 4th International Conference on English Across the Curriculum, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong. https://www.polyu.edu.hk/eacconference/programme/